Magazine-mailing machine.



W. P. SARGENT.

MAGAZINE MAILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1911.

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W. P. SARGENT.

MAGAZINE MAILING MACHINE. APPLIOIATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1911.

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MAGAZINE MAILING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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WILLIAM B. SARGENT, or rIrI ADELP IA, TENNSIYILVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CURTIS PUBLISHING coMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MAGAZINE-MAILING MACHINE.-

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Magazine- Mailing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

I have filed applications for patents 'serially numbered and entitled as follows No. 639,579 for paster for wrappers and the like; No. 639,577, for wrapper feeder; and No. 639,578, for book feeders and Patent No. 1,006,009 of October 17th, 1911, for wrapping machine. The improvements of these applications while in whole or in part separately useful, constitute when assembled along with appropriate mechanism a complete automatic machine for rolling up books or magazines in pasted wrappers which are sealed ready for mailing. By the present application I intend to patent the complete automatic machine.

One object of the present invention is to provide a complete automatic magazine and wrapper, feeding, pasting and rolling machine, in which the various subordinate mechanisms will be kept in time with each other and in which the wrappers will not be fed forward unless and until books are presented to receive them, so that wrappers, which are usually addressed, are held back until there are books to receive them with the result that wrappers are not wasted or destroyed.

Another object of the invention is to present to the rolling mechanism the books and previously pasted wrappers at the appropriate time for being rolled and sealed thereby.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated, one but not the only embodiment of my invention.

In those drawings, Figure 1, is a view principally in side elevation illustrating so much of a machine embodying features of the invention as is necessary for an eXplanation thereof. Fig. 2, is an end view illus trating one side of the rolling mechanism, of which the other side is a duplicate. Fig. 3, is a view taken on the line 83 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a top or plan View, drawn to a reduced scale, and showing the cam shaft illustrated-at the upper right hand corner of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6, are respectively side and plan views, drawn to an enlarged scale, and illustrating mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 7, is an end view of the clutch shown at the right hand side of Figs. 5 and 6, and Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are detail views illustrating the operation of certain parts.

In the drawings 1 and 2 are belts between which books A are fed. As shown these belts run over guide pulleys that are car-- ried by a parallel motion mechanism 3, pivoted at 4 and counter-balanced as at 5. To the belts 1 and 2, the magazines are fed as from a turret hopper 6 by a feeder 7; either one at a time or several at a time and in succession. The parallel mot-ion mechanism, the magazine feeder and the turret hopper are fully described in my application serially numbered 639,57 8, and are not specifically claimed herein and reference is made to said application for a detailed description.

8 is a shaft to which power is applied by means, not shown, and which may be considered to be the main shaft from which various parts of the machine are driven. The shaft 8 drives what may be called a dial wheel 9, by means of a sprocket chain 10, so that the wheel 9 revolves constantly when the machine is in operation the wheel 9 is provided with a dial which is useful in adjusting and timing the movements of the parts of the machine. The wheel 9 has fast with it by means of a short shaft 9 a clutch member 11, shown as provided with a notch or opening 12. There is another clutch member 13 having a pin or projection which may enter the notch or hole 12, so as to lock the two clutch members together or may clear the hole or notch and in the latter case the clutch members are not locked together. The clutch member 13 is splined or otherwise mounted so as to revolve with the cam shaft 14 and be movable endwise thereon to connect and disconnect the shafts 9 and 14.

15, is a spring acting on the member 13 and tending to push it toward the member 11. The cam shaft 14 operates by means of appropriate cams, the rods or followers 16, 17 and 18. The rods 16 and 18 operate the wrapper feeder and its foot, not shown, but which take wrappers from the table 19 and deliver them to the conveyers 20. The arm 17 operates the pastor 21. The wrapper feeder and the paster are not claimed herein in detail as they constitute the subject-mat ter of my applications serially numbered 639,579 and 639,577, to which reference is made for a detailed description.

The dial wheel 9 makes one revolution for each cycle of operation. There is a dog 22, pivoted at one end to a fixture and afforded a range of movement in respect to a stop 123, and the clutch member 13 is provided with a crown cam, 23, and this cam and dog control the engagement and disengagement of the clutch members and consequently the operation of the wrapper feeder and paster. The shaft of the wheel 9, carries a cam 24, of the tappet variety, and this cam 24, shifts its rod 25, endwise and quickly releases it once for each revolution. The rod 25 is pivoted at 26 to the dog 22 and tends to turn the dog toward its stop 123, when the rod is actuated by the recoil spring 26. Evidently if the dog is against its stop and if the rise of the moving cam 23, rides over its end the clutch members are out, Fig. 8, but if the end of the dog is clear of the rise of the cam the clutch members are in, Fig. 9, and the high part of the cam 24 puts the rod 25 into position for holding the dog thus clear of its cam. The tappet cam and recoil sprin 26, more accurately the latter, presents the end of the dog 22 to the rise in the cam 23 at each revolution of the member 11, and if this operation were unmodified the clutch would be thrown out at every revolution. However this is not the case. The rod 25 is connected to one arm of a rocker shaft, the other arm of which is con nected to the recoil spring 26 and by a link 27 to one arm of the rocker shaft 28, the other arm of which is connected by a link 29 to the arm of a rock shaft having hooked arms 30. When the high part of the cam 24 runs under the end of the rod 25, the hooked arms are raised and at other times they are held by the spring 26 in the path of the book A and arrest and square it. The hooked arms 30 normally arrest a book, then the arms are raised by the cam 24 and permit the book to travel under the hooked arms and hold up their ends. The book in holding up the ends of these arms restrains the spring 26 and keeps the arm 25 in the position to which it was brought by the high part of the cam 24 and consequently the dog 22 is held clear of the rise of the cam 23. The clutch is therefore in engagement and the cam shaft 14 is driven and operates the paster and wrapper feeder, so that a pasted wrapper meets the oncoming book. If no books A were forthcoming it is evident that when the rod 25 rode off the high part of cam 24, the spring 26, would shift rod 25 and bring dog 22 against its stop 123 into the path of the oncoming rise of the cam 23,

with the result that the clutch would be out and there would be no operation of the paster and wrapper feeder, at least until the next revolution of the wheel 9 and its connected parts. Thus if no books are fed no wrappers are fed, and but one book or group of books can be fed for one operation of the wrapper feeder. If the clutch is in and a book is absent, the dog under the influence of the spring 26, gets into the position shown in Fig. 10 and as soon as the rise in the cam reaches the dog it operates to throw out the clutch so that no wrapper feeding occurs. If the clutch is in and a book is present it operates to restrain the spring 26 so that the dog is held out as in Fig. 9, and cannot enter the low part of the cam 23 and the clutch mechanism and wrapper feed ing takes place. If the clutch is out and a book is not present the dog is merely thrown momentarily from the position of Fig. 8 to that of Fig. 9, and returned to the position of Fig. 8, by the spring 26, so that the clutch remains out and no wrapper feeding occurs. If the clutch is out and a book is present, the dog is thrown out as before, but the book prevents the spring 26 from returning it, so that the clutch members engage and the wrapper feeding takes place.

51, is a belt driving pulley that is driven with the shaft 8, as by means of suitable gear wheels shown in dotted lines. This wheel or pulley 31, drives an endless belt or series of belts 32 arranged side by side. The belt 32, runs over guide pulleys 33 and 34, and is provided with a belt tightener 35. The belt runs over guide pulleys 36, and then around guide pulleys 37, carried by jaws 38, pivoted at 39. There is also a feed roll 40, journaled in arms 41, which are pivoted at 42. The operation of the belt is such that a loop is formed at 43. The belt is of course running where the loop is formed and the loop may increase in size by the operation of the belt tightener The wrapper, after having had paste applied by the pasting device, and the magazine, or group of magazines or books, are delivered in proper relative relation into the running loop 43, which operates to make a roll and to secure the wrapper on the rolled packages.

The pasted wrappers are fed to the loop or to suitable guides 44, by means of the aprons or belts 20 and 1 and 2. There is a cam shaft 45, driven from the shaft 8, by suitable sprocket wheel and chain connections 146. This shaft 45, makes one revolution for each cycle of operations and it controls the operation of the feed roll 40, and of the opening of the loop for the discharge of the roll. Inasmuch as the shaft 45, and dial wheel 9, make one revolution each for various operations are properly timed in respect to each other. The cam 46, on the cam shaft 45, operates its follower 47, which is connected by a link 48, to an arm 49, which serves to shift the feed roll 40, so as to feed a book or books and its or their wrapper into the running loop 43. The cam 50, on the shaft 45, operates its follower 51, and is connected by a link 52, to one arm of a bell crank 53, the other arm of which is provided with a bolt 54, that serves to enter the end of the swinging arm 38, and thus hold it firmly during the rolling operation. This same mechanism releases the bolt when the loop is to be opened.

55, is a cam on the shaft 45, which acting on one arm 56, of a rocker shaft causes the other arm 57, thereof to operate a link 58, which in turn operates a lever 59, having a segment of a toothed wheel which meshes with a toothed wheel connected with arms or jaws 38. In this way the jaws are turned to open the loop and discharge the contents thereof and to close the loop.

60, is a table which may be provided with a traveling apron 61, and which receives the wrapped and sealed books from the loop. The mechanism by which the belt is formed into a running loop is not claimed in detail herein since it forms the subject-matter of my Patent No. 1,006,009 of October 17th, 1911, to which reference is made for adetail description.

In use the dial wheel 9, and the cam shaft 45, are given one revolution for each cycle of operations of the machine. The conveyers 20, and the belts 1 and 2, are continuously driven in any convenient manner as is also the book or magazine feeder 7 The hooks of the arms 30, lie in the pat-h of and detain and square each book as it is brought forward by the belts 1 and 2. A book, having been thus properly squared and detained until it is time for it to be released having regard to the timing of the mechanism which forms the running loop, is then released and moved forward by the belts 1 and 2, toward the feed roll 40. The presence of the book under the arms 30, operates as has been described to insure the driving of the cam shaft 14, through the instrumentality of the clutch members 11 and 13, from the dial wheel 9. The driving of the cam shaft 14, causes a wrapper to be taken from the table 19, pasted by the paster 21, and delivered by the apron 20, along with the magazine or book to the running loop in which the magazine is spirally wound and the wrapper is wound around it and pasted. The jaw 38, then opens and discharges the rolled and pasted magazine. In speaking of a book in the singular it will be understood that several superposed books may be rolled at the same time and otherwise treated as one book. If in the operation of the machine a delay or failure should occur in the magazine feeder no book or magazine will be present to hold up the arms 30, so that the latter will fall with the result that the clutch 11 and 13, will not connect the cam shaft 14, with the dial wheel 9, so that the cam shaft will remain at rest and wrappers will not be fed forward although the loop' 43, will be formed and opened up. However, as soon as the magazine or book comes along the arms 30, will be held up and the wrapper feeder and paster will come into operation and deliver a wrapper for each book that comes along.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A machine of the type recited comprising the combination of continuously acting rolling mechanism, wrapper feeding mechanism, continuously acting book feeding mechanism, and mechanism adapted to engage books in order to time their feeding in respect to the operation of the rolling mechanism and adapted to throw the wrapper feeding mechanism into and out of operation and responsive to the passage of a book through the book feeding mechanism, whereby wrappers are fed only in response to the passage of books, substantially as described.

2. A machine of the type recited comprising the combination of a continuously driven belt in which a rolling loop is formed, a cam shaft and connections for opening and reforming the loop at intervals, a book feeder, a Wrapper feeder having a wrapper feeder cam shaft and connections for operating it, a dial shaft moving synchronously with the first mentioned cam shaft and making one revolution for each cycle of operations of the machine, a clutch mechanism between the dial shaft and the wrapper feeder cam shaft, and means operated by the dial shaft and tending to disengage said clutch mechanism and said means restrained by the passage of a book through the book feeder to permit of the operation of the wrapper feeder, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the type recited the combination of a book feeder, a wrapper feeder, a device for retarding books, mechanism for periodically and positively operating the retarder to time the release of books, and connections between said mechanism and wrapper feeder whereby the passage of a signed my name.

WM. P. SARGENT. Witnesses:

K. M. GILLIGAN, CLIFFORD K. CASSEL.

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